Venice Hills

Prospect in Tulare county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Cobalt, Iron, Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117246
MRDS ID M020438
MAS/MILS ID 0061070015
Record type Site
Current site name Venice Hills
Related records 10033793

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.17155, 36.38826 (WGS84)
Elevation 264
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ivanhoe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Visalia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare Lake Bed(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 S 026 E 05 E2E2SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Unknown
Garnierite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnesite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.17155, 36.38826

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.2M
    Length 1829M
    Width 824M
    Area 155HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 155
    Date of Last Modification 820825

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert Goldsmith
    Home office California
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sam Newman
    Home office California
    Year 1978

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 3
    Capacity 5000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .9
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 54, 1958, P. 340-341.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-SEP-1992 Hillman U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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